Charging Gremlins - RESOLVED

5754If you're not kickin' up dust, you're collectin' it!

Well, I'm trying to diagnose the charging system and would appreciate any pointers.
Here are the symptoms ...
1) The amp meter got extremely hot on a run recently (no smoke, but the metal bezel around the meter was almost too hot to touch). The normally green needle turned brown and got itself stuck at +75 - a few good taps and it came unstuck and fell to zero again.
I pulled the meter and it has been upgraded to better-than-new wiring and the bolts were good and snug.
2) The battery has been leaking out from under the caps every time I go for a drive (I assume it's being over-charged and is hittting the boiling point)

What do y'all think, does this sound like the regulator is shot, or something else?

10/15/087:15 PM

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